What I Want From the Internet, by Christopher Butler:

It is hard, though, to build and maintain the structures of the old, “smaller” internet. You can, today, still go back to the can-to-can structure that a personal website, an RSS feed, and a browser provide. It’s not perfect. It leaves an enormous amount of signal unheard. It requires more work to find things, and to be found.

Big-tech platforms limit us in different ways. The algorithms prefer certain content, so content is created to fit the preference. They limit how our content is presented. They limit what you can see. The old, smaller internet is more work, yes. But the effort is worth it if you want to experience an interesting, diverse, surprising web. (via)